Quotes About Belief

Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods.

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or that our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than we suspect of what we think.

Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our father's have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a large part than what we suspect of what we think.

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.

volver a ver reverdecer la fe de ser y creer en crear y croar y croar ante todo ende o duende visiblemente real o inexistente

Ignorance breeds fear. Tell people the truth. Trust them to keep their heads.

once it has been granted that the Scriptures have God himself for their author, we must necessarily believe that the person who is asking questions of nature and the person who is asking questions of the Scriptures are bound to arrive at the same conclusions. Origen Commentary on Psalm 1,

My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.

there are large number of people—so-called believers—who misunderstand the concept of "no-thought and no-thinking" (Jpn. munen muso).

The prayer type of religions are characterized by the idea that the Whole (God) exists outside the one who prays. In the meditation type, the individual is regarded as primarily identical with the Whole (God). This distinction is easy to understand.

Hogin further writes that by doing so "such a man practices zazen in the wrong way." Here lies the mistake of the believers of "no-thought and no-thinking." These people forget that the true meaning of the phrase comes alive when they become one with susoku and koan.

Fear is a false prophet and believes that what it fears is actually coming to pass. At night every trifling occurrence seems more terrible to the besieged, for on account of the darkness no man tells what he sees but always what he hears.

It is a peculiar characteristic of monotheistic religions that they desire to FORCE their ONE GOOD IDEA onto others

In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright.

[The] biggest mistake in helping undeserved kids is not raising the bar high enough. Children will believe if you believe in them.

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself.

Everything in your world is created by what you think.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.

Ideology is the glue that holds decentralized organizations together.

Somewhere along the road many of us have picked up the belief that to change we must suffer. Some things are earned with work. But work is not suffering. Work is just work.

I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.